Utility pail attachment



March 28, 1939. c w CARLSON 2,151,895

UTILITY PAIL ATTACHMENT Filed April 22, 1938 INVENTOR BY I ATTO RN EYPatented Mar. 28, 1939 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFlCE 2,151,895 UTILITYPAIL ATTACHMENT Carl Wigo Carlson, Springdale, Conn.

Application April 22, 1938, Serial No. 203,693

'2 Claims. (Cl. 91-66) This invention relates to a general utility paintpail attachment which is simple and inexpensive, and yet which isextremely useful to master painters. The paint pail attachment of myinvention is formed with a circular rim portion and a depending skirtportion whereby it may be readily slipped over the rim of a standardpaint pail.

Those skilledin the art will appreciate that painters carry their pailsabout in their work, and

' that in so doing the paint has a tendency to shift about in the pail,or slop, as it is known in the trade. My paint pail attachment preventspaint .from' slopping over the rim of'the pail, and will confine theslopping within certain limits.

In addition, the shape of my attachment is such that any paint whichstrikes the under surface of the rim portion thereof, will be readilydeflected downwardly and back into the paint pail. This deflection willbe along the periphery of the inside edge of the rim of my attachment,so as to prevent the forming of the usual "skin on the' inner paint pailsurface- Asa further feature of my invention, the rim portion of myattachment is so formed that the paint brush may be rested thereon, andso that while resting thereon the paint dropping therefrom will flowfreely downwardly and back into the paint pail.

As still a further feature of my invention, a

paint brush may be wiped against the inner periphery of the rim portionof my attachment each time that the brush is removed from the pail, soas to assist in removing excess paint from the brush. Since the excesspaint will flow down into 35 the pail along the inside edge of the rimportion of my attachment, it will prevent the formation of the usualskin about the .inside surface of the paint pail, much in the samemanner as already pointed out.

40 My attachment is so constructed also that it will hold a strainercloth in proper position under tension and below the upper edge of mypaint pail, so that a strainer cloth may function most efficiently.Also, instead of a strainer cloth', an

45 ordinary cloth or paper may be secured in place by my attachment toprotect the paint from exposure to the atmosphere, all as will bereadily understood by those skilled in the art.

As still a further feature of my invention, my

50 attachment is so formed that it will not interfere with the action ofthe usual bail formed on paint pails.

Having thus described my invention generally, I shall now referv to thedrawing in which a pre- 55 ierred form of my invention is illustrated.Fig. 1

shows my attachment applied to a pail, and with a brush lying thereon.Fig. 2 is a cross section along lines 2-2 of Fig. 1, but showing thebrush being wiped against the inner peripheral edge of the attachmentfor removing excess paint therer from. Fig. 3 shows my attachment usedfor holding a strainer cloth in position, or a cover cloth inposition-as the case may be.

Referring now more particularly to the drawing, reference numeral l0refers to a standard 10 paint pail havinga bail ll pivoted at I2 to thesides of the pail. My attachment is in the form of a circular memberhaving a rim portion l3 and a skirt portion I4 whereby it may be slippedover the edge I5 of the paint pail I0. 15

The skirt portion H is cut away as at I6 on each side thereof, so as notto interfere with' the movement of the bail I I, all as will be quiteclear.

In Fig. 1, I illustrate how the paint brush P may be placed so as torest on the rim portion 13 of my 20 attachment, thus facilitating thecarrying of the pail and brush by the painter up the various ladders andto various painting positions. Because of the manner in which the rimportion l3 slants downwardly, it is comparatively easy to hold the 25paint brush in place.

In Fig. 2, the degree of slanting of the rim portion I3 of my attachmentis better shown, and it will be readily appreciated that should paintslop upwardly, it will be prevented from slopping out of the paint pailIll by the said rim portion i 3. Also, the paint will gradually flow offthe said rim portion l3 toward its center, and will drop off along theinner peripheral edge I! of the said rim portion Hi. In this way, theformation of a skin along the inner surface of the pail is effectivelyprevented to a considerable extent.

The inner periphery ll serves also as a surface against which the paintbrush P may be wiped, as is shown in Fig. 2, to remove excess paint, allas will be quite clear to those skilled in the art. Incidentally, thisexcess paint will also drop down into the pail from the peripheral edge,so as to avoid its forming a "skin on the inner pail surface.

Referring now to Fig. 3, a strainer cloth 8 is shown passing over therim l5 of the paint pail, and downwardly along the line determined by'the rim portion l3. In this way, the strainer cloth is held taut forready straining, and is maintained below the upper edge of the rim ofthe pail, so as to allow for straining. This is a very highly desirableconstruction, as will be appreciated, and is useful where strainingthrough a taut cloth is absolutely essential.

Those skilled in the art will appreciate that in place of the strainercloth S, some other type of cloth, or even paper, may be used. Thisother cloth or paper will, of course, be held in place and function as acover for the paint in the pail.

It will thus be seen that my attachment, while being quite simple, easyto fabricate and extremely inexpensive, has a number of uses for themaster painter.

I now claim:

1. A general utility paint pail attachment formed 01 an integralcircular rim member having 2. depending circular skirt whereby saidattachment may be slipped over the rim of a paint pail and irictionallyheld thereon, portions of said skirt being cut away to allow freeswinging of the hail of the pail, the circular rim extending inwardly ofthe pail rim and angularly downwardly whereby to furnish a support onwhich a brush may be rested, a barrier against slopping of the paintoutwardly of the paint pail, and a wiping surface against which a paintbrush may be wiped, the said attachment serving also to hold a cover orstraining cloth in place over the rim or the paint pail, and with theinwardly and downwardly extending rim portion of said attachment holdingsaid cloth taut and below the pail rim level while the dependingcircular skirt portion holds the straining cloth on the pail periphery.

2. A general utility paint pail attachment formed of an integralcircular rim member having a depending circular skirt whereby saidattachment may be slipped over the rim of a paint pail and frictionallyheld thereon, the circular rim extending inwardly of the pail rim andangularly downwardly whereby to furnish a support on which a brush maybe rested, a barrier against slopping oi! the paint outwardly of thepaint pail, and a wiping surface against which a paint brush may bewiped, the said attachment serving also to hold a cover or strainingcloth in place over the rim of said paint pail, and with the inwardlyand downwardly extending rim portion of said attachment holding saidcloth taut and below the pail rim level while the depending circularskirt portion holds the straining cloth on the pail periphery.

CARL WIGO CARLSON.

